Jules Ferry’s speech He sent an army in China and that created a big scandal in France. He was called the Tankinois because the news of the retreat shook his government and forced him to quit. The French won allowing France to conquer the Gulf of Tonkin in China. Jules Ferry was a proponent of colonization. Why? The inferior race be civilized by the superior class (ethnocentrism). It is not racism by nature. It is a strange imperialism He has a genuine feeling that France had a duty to dominate/
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Jules Ferry: On French Colonial Expansion (1884) Regina Farr-Killian DeVry University: HIST405 Professor Thomas Keyser March 6, 2016 Jules Ferry is known for being a politician and twice the Prime Minister of France in the 18th century. Ferry wrote a pro-expansion speech to recite for the French Parliament on March 28, 1884. The main idea for his speech was to justify the policy on colonial expansion by addressing the need for growth in the French commerce. Is Ferry acting in good faith
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Case Study #1: Jules Ferry Stephanie Ziaja Chamberlain College of Nursing Contemporary History HIST 410 Professor Jones May 2, 2016 Case Study #1: Jules Ferry Jules Ferry was the prime minister of France whom argued for the expansion of colonies. Ferry had many reasons as to why he wanted to expand and why he believed it would be good for France. Ferry had a debate with a member of the French Parliament regarding his idea of expansion and argued his points. This case study will examine
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Shockley Contemporary History July 10, 2016 Case Study One According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have Colonies? At the time that this speech was given by Ferry, the importance of free trade was emerging and growing. Ferry gave his speech because at this time, more countries were starting to make trade and exports a priority while France was not. He was placing importance on the fact that France was behind in this aspect and thus missing
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Case Study: Jules Ferry Melissa Elliott Chamberlain College of Nursing HIST 410 Professor Franklin March 06, 2016 Case Study: Jules Ferry 1. According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? As an imperialist, Jules Ferry felt that France should be exploring and taking over new nations. He claimed colonial expansion was a great need that had become extremely urgent by the people and industrialized population of Europe (Kleinman, 1897).
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Jules Ferry: A Defense of French Imperialism Jules Ferry: A Defense of French Imperialism Jules Ferry was Prime Minister of France as that nation launched its imperial expansion. In a debate with member of the French Parliament, Ferry defends the decision to expand. According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Ferry observed other countries prior to making his decisions. It seemed that other countries began to export more
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Hampton 3/6/2016 Case Study # 1: Jules Ferry Jules Ferry was Prime Minister of France as that nation launched its imperial expansion. In a debate with member of the French Parliament, Ferry defends the decision to expand. Read his remarks and respond to the following questions: 1. According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? . .” 2. What arguments against imperialism have been raised by Ferry's critics? How does he counter them
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said india was required to pay nothing to britain, suggesting india has the better deal. They never have to pay and get much in return. Continuing with the india example, britain saw the benefits as peace and order, higher knowledge and freedom of speech and press. Bt the cons were they were replacing india's government with themselves, disregarding how the natives felt. The indians couldn't learn government or anything like that (document 7). They weren't allowed to be in charge of their government
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and broaden their horizons, but lower classes of people are oppressed by higher classes of people and lose their resources. Imperialism helps higher classes of people have a clear thought about the interaction among countries. According to Jules Ferry’s speech, he knows that France needs to get economic benefit from “the need for export markets” (257). People begin to know that colonizer can get more benefits from exporting markets to other countries. Imperialism makes colonizer become more
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